231 Afghan Proverbs
1. 
A bad wound heals, but a bad word doesn't.
2. 
A bird only flies as high as his wings take him.
3. 
A broken hand can work but a broken heart can't.
4. 
A cheap thing doesn't lack defect, nor an expensive thing quality.
5. 
A donkey has two friends: his two hind legs.
6. 
A drunken donkey will not remember the monkeys bite.
7. 
A fish with teeth tastes the same as fish without.
8. 
A fox is in trouble because of his own pelt.
9. 
A frog hopped onto a wall and cried, 'I can see Kashmir!'
10. 
A good year is determined by its spring.
11. 
A lame crab walks straight.
12. 
A leopard's spots: or, what is bred in the babe will come out in the flesh.
13. 
A liar is forgetful.
14. 
A lion at home, and a fox abroad.
15. 
A little water is a sea to an ant.
16. 
A mother and daughter fought, and fool thought they meant it.
17. 
A mother won't give milk to her child until he cries.
18. 
A mountain doesn't reach out to mountain, a man is reaching out to a man.
19. 
A new servant can catch a running deer.
20. 
A palm tree growing in the shade will not bear ripe fruit.
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